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  • From: "James Manning" <jim_manning AT mindspring.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Grower Only Farmers Markets
  • Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:15:10 -0500

Take a look at Neil Hamilton's very useful paper "Farmers' Market Rules,
Regulations and Opportunities" (published by National Ag Law Center
Publications, U. Arkansas School of Law).

Among other things, it has a very clear discussion of the rationale for
producer-only markets and some examples of rules used by such markets (p.
28).

The pdf file is available for download, along with other sample rules, at
http://mrsc.org/Subjects/Econ/ed-farmmarket.aspx and elsewhere.

Jim Manning
Ferris Farm
Trenton Farmers' Market
Central NY

-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Allan
Balliett
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:16 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] Grower Only Farmers Markets

I'm really interested in talking our town council into supporting a
grower only market here. Although I can find many grower only markets
advertised on the web, I can't seem to find any succinct 'grower only
market' philosophy laid out, something that I could show the town
council, something about how supporting local growers is good for the
entire community. I thought there was actually a 'grower only market'
advocacy group operating out of PA, but I haven't been able to find
hide-nor-hair of that group.

Can anyone help?

thanks

_Allan Balliett
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